False Claims Haunt Family of Woman Who Died on Jan. 6

A false media narrative that blames Rosanne Boyland for her own death is a slap in the face: ‘Rosanne deserves better,’ her mother says.

Illustration by The Epoch Times, Courtesy of Boyland Family, CC BY-SA 3.0

Thirty-three months after their daughter Rosanne Boyland’s tragic death at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Bret and Cheryl Boyland feel new pain every time a media outlet publishes the false claim that their daughter died of a drug overdose.

An article in The Washington Post published on Oct. 12, 2023, stated that Ms. Boyland “died of what was determined to be a methamphetamine overdose.”